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Patented May 17, 1910.

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l f mento/'1" Ezfw Mod/vani 1 EEASTUS WGODWABD, 0F SOMERVILLE, MASSACHSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTSVTO THOMAS Gr. PLANT, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SOLE LYING AND LEVELING- MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application led April 13, 1907. Serial No. 367,912.

Yatented May 17, 1910.

, To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EBASTUs .WooDwAnD, a citizen `of the United States, residing at Somerville, in thecounty of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Sole Laying and Leveling Machines, of which the following description in connection. with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like numerals on the drawings representing like parts.

My invention relates to sole pressing machines and more particularly but not exclusively, to such as are known to the trade assole layers. l

One ofthe objects of my invention is4 the production-of a machinethat'combines the advantages of the direct pressure'and oscillatory types ofmachines and to that end comingv and-.leveling the sole upon and over a separate area 'or portion of the sole. All the above,however, with other novel features and objects of r'ny invention, will be best understood andv appreciated by reference to the following description, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings of a machine embodying one form of my 1nvention and selected for purposes of illustration, its scope being more particularly pointedout in the appended'claims.

In the drawings; Figure 1, is a left hand elevation partially broken away, of a machine embodying a preferred form of my invention and selected for purposes of illustration herein; Fig. 2, a rear elevation of said machine, with certain of the parts broken away for convenience of illustration;

Fig. 3, an elevational detail, on a somewhat larger scale, -of the stationary cam and the coperating rotary cam the latter indicated in dotted lines),'th at impart suitable movements to the jack slide to position and present the jack in operative lrela-tion to the form;` Fig. 4, a detail, in plan, of the oscillatory form; Fig. 5, a longitudinal and vertical section thereof, on the'line 5 -5, Fig. 4;

Fig. 6, a vertical and transverse section on the line 6-46, Fig. 5.; Fig. 7,. a left hand.. elevation of the jack toshow the mechanism for jacking and unjiacking thelast and its shoe; Fig. 8, a plan view thereof; Fig., 9, a vertical sectional detail taken from the rear,

on the line 9 9, Fig. 1, to show the vertically movable table upon which the ack is slidably' mounted; Fig. 10, a vertical sectional detail,` on the line 10,-10, Fig. 1, to show the head .of the table actuating rod and the cam rollers mounted thereon, to which reference will be made; Figs. 11, 12v and 13, are diagrammatic views to represent the relative movements of the form and the shoe during the operation of the machine; Fig. 14 is an enlarged rear elevation showing the star. wheels and clutching devices'for connecting the driving shaft .to either one of the twin -inachines, and-the provisions for stopping the machine at theend of a cycleof operations.

Referring to the drawings and t'o the particularembodiment of my invention selected for illustration therein, the machine is provided with afplurality of work supporting ljacks and coperating forms, two of such .Jacks and their cooperating forms being preferably provided in the present instance and constituting a twin machine, -each of said jacks and its form, however, being entirely vindependent of the others.V

' As the two sides or halves of the twin ma chine are substantially'alike in construction and operation, the description of but one side or one half of the machine will-be suilicient, such slight differences of construction as may exist between the two sides or halves of the machine beingl pointed out inthe proper places.

Referring to Fig. 9., the machine is provided with suitable side frames 3, having forwardly extending lugs-L1, Fig. `1, apertured to receive the outer vertical guide rods 5. The heads of these rods extend through the upper' frame lugs 4, to receive a stationary horizontal 'cross head 6, connecting the hea-ds of said frames and rigidly secured theretovby clamping nuts 7, Figs. 1 and 2, threaded upon' the projecting heads of said rods. The bases of said side frames are similarly tied to ther by a bottom girder 8 mounted upon t e lower ends of said guide rods 5 and secured thereon and to said is mounted and secured thereto 1n a manner'l similar to that employed in securing the side guide rods 5. By this construction, I secure `a rigid supporting frame upon which the operative parts of the machine may be suitably mounted.

Referring now to Fig. 1 the jack is represented above which is mounted'an oscillatory form 2, the combined movements of said jackand -form cooperating to lay the sole of a shoe S mounted yupon said jack. form 2, as will be more fully described later, has al mold face 2a Fi 5, which is shaped 'to moldthe shank s o? the shoe sole by direct pressure, With an adjacent portion 2b for molding and laying the fore part, ot the sole, by a rolling pressure, produced by rollingor/oscillating the form and shoe, one

upon ory relative to the other, lherein lfromvk the shank tothe toe end of the shoe and back again to the shank.

In carrying out my `invention suitable means are provided first, to present the jack and its shoe in predetermined position .relative to and beneath the form; second, to bring the jacked shoe into direct pressure contact with the form etfectively to lay'the sole bydireet pressure over a predetermined area thereof, suchfor instance, as the shank of the shoe; third, to produce relative rolling or/oscillating pressure contact between the shoe sole and said form for laying and.

molding `the shoe sole over an adjacent p0rtion or area thereof, here shown as the fore part, f; and linally, to separate the form and jack and return the latter to its outer shoereceiving or shoe removing position, all of said movements being effected automatically. The jack, 1, is carried on a jack slide 12 (Fig.

l8) mountedd'slidehorizontally on a table 11, which in turn is mounted to slide vertically between the guide rod 5a (Fig. 9) and the outer guide rod 5. This table is carried upona spring 13, seated at its lowerA end upon a cross head 14 mounted to slide freely upon said Iguide rods. `Within said spring is a rod 15, secured' at its upper end to the table 11, said `rod depending through. the` cross head14 and having threaded upon its lower end, .below said cross head, a rnut 16, by which vto` limit the separation of said table and the cross head. The normal ten` sion of saidjspring may be varied, at Will,

by a hand `Wheel. nut 17, threaded `upon the v upper end of said depending rod 15 and.

Saidy tion by any suitable meaisas, for example,

the spring latch 1Ga adapted to engage notches (not-shown) in said nut. 'n

The cross head 14 is carried' byfa pair. of

vertical links 18, Fig. 2, pivotally connected c thereto at their upperv ends and at-their lower ends, as at 19, to the front end of a horizontal lever 20, Fig. 1, which is nlcrumed upon a horizontal pin 21, Figs. 1 and 2, in the bottom girder 8. The rear endA oi? this lever is connected by a horizontal stud L.-

responding and simultaneousimovernents ofk the lever 20 to elevatel or depress thehcross head 14 connected therewith thereby elevat ing the 'table supporting spring 13 and lifting the jack carrying table 11 to vertically present the jack, 1, thereon, to the form,2,

above the same, as Will be hereinafter de-v scribed. y The table elevating lever 23, has jointed to it at 24, an uprightcpera'ting lever 25, supported at its upper end by a swinginglink 26, connected with the frame. Between its ends, said upright operating lever has a roller stud 27, which underlies a cam 28 on through the mechanism and cam described,

causes appropriate elevation and depression 03": the jack carrying table.

l It is desirable that the jack carrying tablel be thrown forward after it is depressed, to

the face of a Wheel 29, faston a horizontal ico present the jack for convenient removal of the shoe andk for the applicationof anew shoe, after which said table should be drawn' into the machine for presenting it to the lav*v ing or leveling lforum.

Tof this end l; have I nfovided the ollowin'ffmechanisrn at its l 7 inner 'face the gearv'vvheel 33,' described, is

providedvvith cam 36 (see F ig. 2 and dotted lines Fig. 3), opposite which is a somewhat similar, but stationary cam 37, bolted to a vertical bracket 38 at the rear or the machine. The lower end of this bracket is formed tol provide an intermediate or central bearing 38 Figl, for the lower shaftl@ already described. rThe movable and stationary cams 3G and 37, described, are provided respectively with facing cam grooves to receive respectively the oppositely eX- tended rollers $39, 40, (see Fig. 10 and dotted lines Fig. 2), carried by the hubbed head 41 ot a horizontal actuating rod 42, pivotally' connected, at its trontend Fig., 1, as ats-43,

fenaoev tionary cam, 37, which receives the inner roller 40 of said actuating rod, acts as a guide to direct the movements of said roller,

' with movable switch tongues 44, 45 mounted respectively on short shafts 46, 47, which at thelr outer ends have operating arms 48, acted upon by springs 49, which tend to re- .tain said tongues normally in their full line position, Fig. 3. These positions are made adjustable. by'stop screws 50, likewise the opposite or dotted positions. Spring buffers are provided at 51, to cushion the spring actuated movements of said tongues. The cam 37 isalso provided at its opposite ends withv recesses or pockets 52, 53, each adapted to receive the roller 40.

When the movable cam 36 is rotated, it causes lthe roller 40 on the opposite side ofv the head of the table. actuating rod, 42, to be moved to the leftpFig. 3, causing said roller rst to be moved directly to the left "-to clear the pocket 52, and then to be defiected by the tongue 44 up and along the upper run of the cam groove until it reaches the point thereon marked 54, Fig. 3, which is nearest to the'center of the rotary cam. At this moment, the turningmovement of the rotating cam, brings into position to act upon its roller 39, a concentric portion 'of its cam groove, marked 55 in Fig. 3, with the result, that when the stationary cam roller 40 reaches't'he point 54, referred to, thus drawing the jack table inward or to the left for substantially one half its stroke, the action of the said,I concentric part 55 of -the .rotating cam, produces a pause or dwellin the movement of the stationary roller 4G and the jack table, during' which dwell the high part of the cam 28 depressesthe jack elevating arm 25, which acts to elevate the jack table and bring the .shoe on the jack securely against the opposed form above it. After this has taken place, continued rotation ofgthe cam 36, causes a resumption of travel of the roller 40 in the stationary cam until the limit of its travel at the left Fig. 3v, is reached, said roller engaging the switch tongue 45, and depressing it so that it may direct said roller into the pocket 53, afterl which said switch tongue springs back intov its normal full line position. At this point the roller 40 has completed the inward movement of the jack table, whereupon continued rotation. of the cam 36 reverses the movement of the roll, causing said roll 40` now to b e withdrawn from said pocket, the now elevated switch tongue 45 deiiecting said roller dow' and along the lower rotary portion 55a.

' caused again to ldwell at the point 54a Fig.

3, corresponding nearly, but not necessarily, to the point 54 at which it pauses on its in- ,ward movement, the roller 39 at that instant being engaged by another concentric This return pause or dwell givesopportunity for the cam 28 to drop the jack'from its form preparatory to continued outer movement of the jack into shoe removing position, the switch tongue 44 ,yielding to permit the roller to pass on said return and then to rise to its full line position'.

The described arrangement of rotating and stationary cams operate to provide a Y, maximum -in and out travel of the jack table with a minimum diameter of rotating parts.

Ifrit were attempted` to obtain this same throw or table travel, from a single rotary cam, said vcam would necessarily be of a.

diameter twice that of the extreme throw "or travel ofthe table or twice the length of the stationary cam.. It'will be obvious, therefore, lthat the described construction econom'izes much space.

The stationary crosshead 6'is provided between the outer and intermediate guide rods 5 and 5a with depending hangers 56 for a pivot shaftv 57 (see' Figs. 4 and 5) on which ismounted a segmentaloscillatory form carrier 58. At its under side, this carrier is centrally provided with a concavek spherical bearing surface 59l Figs. -5 and 6), to receive the spherical sur aced portion of a mold or form head 60. The carrier 58 is centrally provided with a longitudinal keyway 61, best shown in dotted lines Fig.

4, to receive a key 62, which extends through and is carried by the shank of a screw 63.

This screw projects upward through an aperture in the top of said head 60, and carries upon its threaded end a nut 64 a portion of which overlies the oscillatory carrier 58 and serves to retain the head 60 in -engagem-ent with said carrier. may be turned to vary the frictional contact between the opposed bearing faces ofthe head and its supporting carrier 58 within limits imposed by the spacing key 62, which prevents the bearing faces from biting The nut 64 against one another to retard the movementv ofthe said head, 60, the latter having at all' times a universal movement, to permit the form to conform readily to the work presented to it.

The head 60 has a concave recess 65ta`t'its under side not only to receive the head vof the screw 63 butalso to receive a-circular 'projection 2 5) formed upon the upper. and innerv face of the mold or form 2,

said projection serving properly` to positionand to seat the `form on saidl head. That said form may be removably secured toits carrying head, the latter is provided aftone side, the upper side, (Fig. 4), with a depending plate 66, having a hook 67 (Fig. 5) to receive a horizontal pin 68 projecting from the adjacent side of the form 2. At its opposite side, said head is provided with ears 69 (Fig. 4), for a pivot pin 7 0, provided intermediate said ears with a latch 71, the latching end of which is normally retained in inner position to engage a projecting lug or lip, 72 (Fig. 6), of saidform 2, 'by a spring 7 3 surrounding said pin. By swinging the latch outwardly against the action of said spr' g, the form may readilyr be removed .a d a new form substituted, this arrangement permitting the ready positioning and use of forms having different mold faces for laying or leveling the soles of different sizes, widths, and styles of shoes. The shape of the form'provided is such, however, that it is adapted to operate upon shoes of different size, three such forms, adapted for the larger, smaller, and intermediate sizes, being ordinarily sufficient for allpf the eight sizes of shoes or lasts usuallymade.

The construction of the form carrying head and its oscillatory carrier and the manner of mountingtbe same is such that the form has a limited universal movement, so that it may swing longitudinally or laterally to enable it automatically to seat itself upon the sole of the shoe as the latter is brought into direct pressure contact therewithv and also during the subsequent rolling action between them. Means, however, are provided for normally maintaining the form in a cen- .tral position, both laterally and longitudinally, that is to say, Awith' the medial line of the form in a vertical plane extending from front to back of the shoe sole and corresponding to theline 5-5 (Fig. 4).

For normally maintaining the form in' such central position and for restoring the same thereto aftera lateral tippin or rocking movement, the reduced end 4 of they screw 63 is embraced by the forked end 75 of a horizontal centering arm 76, pivoted at 77 to a lug of the carrier 58. The outer end of this lcentering arm is centered between coil Asprings 78 (Fig. 4), seated at their outer ends upon screw plugs 79 threaded into thev outer ends of the socketed lugs 81. These springs act normally to center the arm 76 as yindicated in Fig. 4, thereby yeldingly centering the form 2, but permitting swinging movement thereby to conform to the shoe presented to it.

' The tension of the springs 78 'may be readily varied by adjustment of the lscrew plugs, 79, to tip or rock the fornito a predetermined or desired position. relative to,l

the soleto be operated upon.

Fornormallyl maintaining the medial line of the form in the central longitudinal:posi

tion referreduto and to return thefsme to said position after a lateral Swinging move ment, the front end of the form is provided with an inwardly projectingflug 82,' (Figs. 4

and 5) extending through a slot 83 in the front end of the supporting carrier58`. The head of this lug is received between the inturned ends of a pair'of levers'84, pivotally mounted, as by the pivot screws 86, upon lugs '87 on the supporting carrier 5 8. These levers are provided with intermeshing gear zontal pin 89, surrounding which is a coil f spring 90, interposed between said arms and normally acting'toseparate them vto swing them ontheir fulcra 86tofcause inward movementv of t e inturned ends thereof to l longitudinally center' the lugA 82 and its connected form. I

By referring to Fig-5, it will be noted that the form 2 is also capable ofrocking or oscillating longitudinally, relative to its carrier and the shoe sole. The form, however, is normally swung forward (Figu 5), relative to the oscillatory carrier 58, by means of a coily spring 91, interposed between the' inner face of the form and :the bottom of -a socket 92formed in the front portion of the carrier 58, said spring being secured by a screw 95 to the bottom oflsaid'socket, to prevent its displacement. This spring, however, yields to permit the form to rock or oscillate longitudinally for automatically adapting and seating itself upon-the sole presented thereto.` Upon relative separation of the form and shoe, this spring acts to return the form to a 'predetermined central or centering position, in which itis normally carriedl and which is represented inFig. 5,

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with the spacing key 62 in limiting engagef ment with the outer or front end wall of the bearing slot 61.

An adjustable stop screw 93, mounted in the front portion of the frame 58, limits the inward or rearward longitudinal movement of the form. This adjustment provides a convenient means for limiting the rocking molding face of the fore part of the mold kat movement of the form so as to mainta-in the predetermin'eddistance from the axis of the shaft57 ofthe oscillating support 58 and hence permits varying or regulating the amountof pressure produced. thereby upon the fore part of the sole.

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.Reference has beenmade to the fact that the formand its' carrier are mounted for oscillatory mOVement, ,produced at predeter mined times in the operation ofthemachine, :To secure this movementthe outer side of theioscillatory carrier 58 is provided with a segmental gear 94, secured thereto' by any suitablemeans, as bolts 96.` vThe teeth of this gear are in mesh with a bevel gear 97,

at the head ofa sleeve 98, loosely mounted on the adjacent guide rod 5; the lower end of said sleevehavinga gear 99, in mesh with a. horizontal rack 100 (Figs. l and 9), carried at the side'of the jack slide 12. 4

inf. operation, the horizontal movements imparted to the-jack slide, through the actu-l ation offthe rod 42,; reciprocate the rack 100 'the-.saine to the desired Ashape or style, said facev being complementalto the desired shape ofitheshank and forepartiofthe shoe.` theioperation .of themachine, as the jack is drawnf by the action ot said cams 36, 37in-A wardly beneath: butlclear'of the' form, the latteris swung tobring it into the position showny in Fig.' 5, and diagrannnatically in Fig;ll2,' with its shank molding face 2a in position above and in'readiness vtol engage the shank of the shoewh'cn the latter is lifted into contact therewith, It has already been stat-ed that, 'after the jack has been drawn inward fora part of its travel and when the roller40 reaches the part 54 of the stationary'- cam 37, there is a dwell or pause in such inward movement, during which the elevating-@11128, acts to lift the jack to bring the shank of the vshoe thereon into direct contact with the form 2, also momentarily at rest, as illustrated in Fig. l2. The initial elevation ,of the jack'causes the en tire length of the shank, s, of the sole, or so much thereof may be desired, to make direct pressure Contact with the shank molding portion, 951,. of the form, the dwell or duration ot said contact being suilicient to lay the said portion `of said sole and to cause it to adhere to the shoe, to prevent both Alateral and longitudinal displacement Aor creeping during tluxsubsequent laying of the forepart of said sole.

Continued operation of themachine,causes the roller 4() to resumo its traverse of the machine, which causes the form also to roll from the shank forward on the forepart of the sole to the toe thereof, as indicated in Fig. 13, to lay the sole from said shank to the toe and until the roller 40 reaches and enters the'recess or pocket 53 at the left of which rolls backl upon vthe-forepartto the` shank, atwhich point the jack androll are arrested= to' permit`I the elevating. and depressing'cam 28 to drop, the jack. audits shoe away from the form. The outward travel of the jack and form are-then resumedv to provide sufficient clearance and to present` the jack conveniently for the removal. of the shoe.

The relative movements of the jack. and form are diagrammatically represented ini F ig. 11, the line a--b-c-d-e representing. a line that would be traced uponv the side of the jack by a stationary point on the machine Aas the jack moves from its outer to its inner position andthe-line e-f-g-f-a; that traced portion 79.-@ represents the vertical elevation 4,of the jack during the dwelll inthe inner movement thereof and theportion .f-g the return movementlordepression of the jack during the reversemovement of said jack, the

during the dwell in the outer/movementjofv said jack, the latter dwell'taking Vplace just prior to thereturn of the form .and jack. to their initial. position: offdirect pressurefcontact. By inverting- Fig 11, thel saidsline 'ab-o-L-e represents the inner movement of the jack and shoe, and theline e-cZ-)L- g-a, the outer movement, thepoints e and 1f" representing the two relative horizontal positi'ons of the jack, when thc jack and form are brought together and separated. The distance between' these lines and the bottom of the last approximatelyl represents-or' corresponds to the amount of compression of the spring 13 produced by the action of the cam 28 during the laying of the sole and which, as here shown, is uniform over .the entire portion of the sole that is broughtinto pressure contact with the form, first, by its direct contact withl the shank 'and then by the rolling action over the forepart, both in theinner and outer movements of the jack.

"' vWith my machine, it will be noticed that one portion of the sole, herein the shank, 1s laid or acted upon by direct pressure, Ihaving found vthis best adapted for the initlal Contact of the form withl the sole,- since 1t doesvnot tend to displace the sole, my machine in this respect. .following the well known direct lpressure machines and secur ing the principal advantages thereof." The remaining portion of: the soleZ herein the forepart, is acted upon by rolling or oscillating pressure, Abest adapted for the forepart work. My lmachine, therefore, comand oscillating pressure machines, providing for the use of each kind of pressure where it is most needed and will perform the best work. It will be observed however', that the direct and oscillating pressures do not overlap or operate at any time upon the same area of the sole surface. Theoscillations begin at the limit or boundary of the bines the advantages of the direct pressure area receiving the direct pressure and. press forward V4therefrom to thev toe and back to,

butrnot overlapping the direct pressure area, so 'that one does notsupplant the other. My

machine differs in this respect from attempts @heretoforey'made to bring tlie sole and its.

forni along a median or given line to obtain a y ect contact from one to the other limit v-o'flthe'sole area,-anvd thereafter oscillatethe `two,one'upon the ,other and in opposite directions from said median line. l Practice has shown fthe manner o'floperation of my' Y. present machine toy producey distinct advan-4 tages over `thosejust bove referred to.

The elevating and depressing cam 28 is shaped to produce, when desired, a uniform v.pressure during theoscillatory action and ofcourse such pressure might be varied by ksaid cam although it is not herein shown as shaped. to roducey said variation.

ln oru der to pro uce this uniform pressure said cam has,L an active face that corresponds to that of the mold or form 2 and is comple- I vvmental generally to that of the shoe sole -to change the form so frequently, not only operated upon,being the irstinstance in the art so far as I am aware, wherein a cam havingsuch a face is employed to present either the shoe orthe form in predetermined molding relationv relative to one another during the laying or leveling operation.

In operating uponr shoes of different sizesA and widths, while it isusually necessary to change lasts for every change in size or width of shoe, it is'obviously inconvenient because' of the greater bulk of the form and the difficulty and lossof time in making the change, but principally because of the great cost involved in providing a form for each size and width.` It is a matter of individual judgment and f preference lhow many sizes -v or widths of shoes shall be actedupoii by one form. l' have found it convenient to use, say three sizes of forms 'and iind that even in the best grades of shoes the required quality of work may be performed thereby .upon all the various sizes and widths of slices, when a proper jack is provided therefor, which yproperly presents the shoes to the form. In providing 'a jack to secure this result, that is, to present each jack in predetermined position relativey to the form,v

advantage is taken of the fact that the variationsxin length of the different' sizesy of 'lasts maybe said to be divided between the toe and heel at either sidefof the ball line.

This ball line, therefore maybe selected as the invariable' point of reference torwhichf all lasts may ber brought by ythe jack, which latter is made adjustable, so aste bring 'the ball linesof all shoes mounted thereon stl- Ways into position to provide one invariable or vpredetermined position ofthe ball line relative to the form, whatever be the length of the last.

'table jl1; u vbehind lthe arm 110 isa bell-crank lever-'112, v`the short horizoi'i'tal'armv of'which isfcon In the' particular embodiment of my in vention herein's'elected for purposes of illustration, the specifici construction of jack employed Y,fornisf no`r part`I` of my invention and therefordfonly suchffparts need be de scribedas iarenecessary to lan understanding `of the mechanism, byj'which' it is automaticallyjjacked unjacked. 'This jack comprisesla ,sliding carriage 102, slidably mounted ,ongthejackslide 12,y and having e lsiaifiultaneously moved` to predeterminedl size positions for the size of shoe to beoperated upon by an ad'usting handle 10Sv (Fig. S), andits connect d mechanism. Ascale 109 (Fig. 8) is also provided for determining Vthe'position of said .handle and the corresponding or appropriate size positions of the heel gage and toe support. tion of the heel gage determinately lixes the' position of the ballV line of the slice' when the jack carriage is moved to bring the heel or counter` of the shoe into engagement therewith. For sliding this jack' carriage 102 rearwardly on vthe jack slide toi bring the counter of the shoe into lthe'desired size position, and for depressing' the' toe/of the shoe upon its `supporting pad, automatically to seat the same thereon and also for jack ing the shoe in position determined by such adjustment suitable mechanism is provided7 which is automatically Ioperated by starting the machine. 'The unjacking and reverse movements of the shoe -orjaclr are also'effected automatically upon stopping the inachine, leaving the jack in its .front,shoe-5l removing and receiving position on its supporting table 11. 'These mechanisms and movements I will now describe.

Referring to' rF ig. 7, `the mechanism moving the jack carriage 102 rearwardly upon and relative to v'the jack slide 12, for positioning the shoe, comprises 'a rocking arm 110, loosely vmounted, onfa' stud 111, suitably journaled on the/jack supporting Also mountedl on this studfand -nected1 byfay vertical linkl 113 Awith the Istarting treadle 114, which entends forward loz present vitstread, witliintfreadyvleach of the'operati'ves foot. he vertical arm 110 is connected by a spring 115 with an ear 116 on the inner end of the short arm of- The posi L.

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which extends inward horizontally towardy the jack, into engagement with a roller 117 (Fig. 7), loosely mounted on the jacking shaft 118 of the jack carriage 102. The inward swinging movement of this arm,-

through the action of said roller 117 ,'-slides the jack inwardly or rearwardly to. bring the counter of thev shoe into engagement with the heel gage 107 which vpositions the adjusted shoe support to present said shoe in its predetermined size position relative to said form. The jacking of the shoe in this position, or, to express it differently, the

epressing of the toe irmlyupon the toe pad is effected ,by rotating the ack shaft 118 positively, that is, to the right (Fig. 7). As here shown, this movement is produced au- .-.tomatically by the action of theinturned end of the bell-crank arm 119 on a roller 120, a pivot at 121, on -the'jack' operating lever 122, which swings said lever, rearwardly to rotate the jacking shaft and jack 4the shoe.

Upon starting the machine by the depresy ,f sion of the starting treadle, the' link 113 is depressed and the bell-crank isvoscillated or rocked to swing the jack carriage, posi tioning arm inward, to cause engagement with the lroll 117, to move the carriage rearwardly jintil stopped by the shoe counter bringing up against the heel gage 107, which being in its adjusted size position, presents theshoein such position. Further depression of the link 113 and the short arm of the bell crank 112, however, is then permitted through the action of the spring 115, which yields while the arm 110 remains stationary to hold the carriage in its size position. The continued depression of this arm 112 swings its vertical arm 119 also rearward, and' brings the head of said arm into engagement with the roller 120 and swings the same also rearward to produce the jacking movementof the last pin to de-` press and maintain the shoe firmly upon the toe support.

To lock the carriage in its predetermined size position to4 prevent displacement thereof after the treadle has been released, I pro-- vide a air of spring pressed pivoted pawls 123 (Figs. 1 and 8), which are adapted to engage the teeth of a rack 124 on the side of the carriage and which hold it in the position upon the jack slide 12 to which it has been moved by the action of the arm 110. lThese pawls lock the jack carriage against reverse movement until the jacking shaft is turned in the reverse direction, to the left: Fig. 7 to unj ack the shoe.

The rock arm 110 and the bell-crank arm behind it are provided with suitable means,

here shown as engaging pins 110, 1192*,

whereby the bell crank 119 lafter having returned far enough to permit the shoe to be unjacked picks up and also returns .the arm 110 to the left (Fig. 7). Thus the jack` ing lever may be moved to unjack the shoe whilethe arm 110 still holds the carriage 1n place, following which said arm/110 is moved to the lef't, presently described,fthereby permitting movement of the carriage A102 to its outer position on the ack slide. To produce this outward movement, which moves. the shoe forward away-from the heel gage, the jack slide is provided 'at its outer sid-e, the left, Fig. 8, with a horizontal pawl carrying lever 125 pivoted as at 126 on a vertical pivot pin secured. to the jack slide 12. At its inner end,'this lever is4 provided with a pivoted pawl 127 which is controlled by 'a spring 129 and drags over the teeth of a rack 128 on the jack slide 12 as the pawl carrying arm of said lever swings rearwardly in the positioning movement of the s hoe. During the operation of the machlne and 1n reaching this position, the pawl engages an adjacent tooth ofthe rack` to prevent relative or reverse movement between them and cause them to move together when the pawl carrying arm 125 is swung in the opposite direction, during the forward movement of the jack as 4presently will be described. This pawl however, has a stop arm 130 which'extends at ,right angles relatively tothepawl. 'and is adapted to engage a stop pin 131 on the jack slide as said lever 125 is moved into the position shown in Fig. 8, to cause the disengagement of the pawl. from said rack as the carriage `reaches its outer position. The inner arm of this levez-125 is normally swung toward pawl engaging position, by means of a coil spring 132 connecting said arm with a pin 133 on the jack slide. .The jack table 11, at' la predetermined point thereon, is provided with a vertical pin 134 with which'the outer arm 135 of said lever 125 engages in the outward movement of the jack slide. f

' In operation, as the jack slide is moved inward, or to the'right Fig.' 8, toward its inner position, the outer arm 135 of said lever 125 is-drawn by its spring to the left.

'By this swinging movementv of said lever,

the pawl 127, through the action of its spring 129, is swung into engagement lwith the teeth ofthe rack and is causedl to drag thereover until the jack slide reaches its innermost position, the pawl then resting in engagement with the rack and coperating with the pawls 123 to lock the carriage against return movement during the l laying or leveling operation; Upon completion of such operation, the jack slide is moved outward, to the left, Fig.. 8, the outer arm 135 of said-lever 125, at a predetermined Y point in the sliding movement of the jack slide, engaging the stationary pin 134, causing the'pawl arm of said lever to be swung to the'lett about its pivot-126,v andswing said pawl also to the left, thereby toy push said jack 'carriageoutwardly ywith its shoe that has been 4unjacked duringthe same outwardv movement, thus movingt'hemy away fromthe heel clamp andv causing the lheel pin to tipjto'its `upright position toI facilitate removal of the shoe. The said lever 122.is swung to the left,(Fig. 7)'automatically', by the'outward or return, movement of the jack whichcauses the cain extension'122il ofsaid lever, then. in. i ts downturnedfp'osition, to engage the upturnedand elevated end 137 of a bell-crank 13G, to befdescribed. This rearward swinging movement of the jacking lever (to the left, Fig. l), causes lits roller l120 to swing the arm 4119 also to the left,

during which Ithe pin 119a picks up the lpin 110% to cause movement of the arm 110 away from the carriage roller 117, subsequent to thefunjacking of the shoe, and permit the carriageto be moved to its outer position on the jack slide.

The bell crank 136, Fig.l 1, referred to, s pivotally mounted on the jack4 table 11 and 'its` horizontal arm is provided with the upturned end 137 which plays in a vertical slot 138 in thejack slide 12. The depending short arm of this bell crank rests, under the action of gravity, against a pin 139, Fig. 1,rhorizontally'slidable in the table 12. The opposite or lrear end of this pin normally engages the vertical arm of a bell crank 140, Fig. 1, pivotally mounted on the frame. The long horizontal arm of this bell crank is provided with a roller 141, riding on the edge of a tappet cam 142 which, at the conclusion of the laying operation, elevates said arm causing the vertical arm of said bell crank 140 to swing outward, and producing corresponding movement of said pin 139 and the depending arm'ot the bell crank 136. This movement elevates the 136, toplace it in thepath of the cam eX- tension 122'h1 of `the jackfoperating lever, so

that as the jack slides outwardly at the completion of the laying movement and after the vseparation of `the jack and form, said extension 122@ will'engage said upturned end 137 and cause said lever to swing to the right Fig.fj7, to unjack the shoe.v By this construction itis apparent that the.jacking` and, un'ac'king of the shoe' are effected automatical y, the jacking by depression ofthe starting treadle and the'v unjacking by the operation of the cam142 on shaft 30, Fig.` 1.: Furthermore, the" lconstruction described also providesmeans for unlocking the shoe and moving it away from the heel gage 107' to facilitate its ready removal when in shoe removing position, and, also, vthe applica- .tion of the next shoe to be operated upon.

v4Having :described the novel movements `clusion of the laying .operation of the last and its shoe and that'lof theform -for molding the same and bearing in mind .describe the starting and stopping mechan- `.ism by 4which each machine is operated.

The mechanism provided for this, purpose yis best shown in Fig. 2 and comprises clutch means by which* each machine with its jack andform is independently set in operation and vis automatically released at the con- To this end I provide a clutch for each machine or mechanism, controlled by its own independent treadle, heretofore referred to as the starting treadle 114.

As here shown, the drive shaft 35, is provided with a large pulley 143 Fig. 2, adapt' ed to be rotated constantly from any suitable source of power thereby. to produce continuous rotation of said drive shaft 35.` Intermediate its bearings this shai't is provided with slidable clutch collars 144 a coil spring 145 surrounding said shaft between them.

Theouter faces of these clutch collars are to effect clutching engagement with lthe adjacent gear pinion 34 to rotate it and actuate the jack, so that either jack may be independently operated. Means are provided for maintaining each of these clutch collars normallyout of clutching engagement with the adjacent driving pinion gear 34 and since the mechanism is substantially the same for each side of the machine, the description of but one will be given. The longitudinally slidablel clutch collar 144 is provided with a circumferential groove 147 i to receive rolls or other studs 148 carried by theyoke arms-of a bell crank 149 pivotally vmounted on a cross plate 150 extending horizontally between and bolted to the side :frames 3.' The' horizontal arm of this bell crank is provided with a roller 151 riding lio on the upper edge of a star wheel or cam 152, 'fast on a stub shaft 153 journaled in said cross plate. x rlhe construction 'is such that as the star wheel is' rotated, saidroll`er 151 is elevatedordepressed, oscillating the `bell crank 149 and causing the clutch collar toslide inwardly out of engagement with the'clutch member of the pinion 35 when the roller is elevated and permitting it to slide outwardly into engagement therewith when the roller is depressed into the space between adjacent teeth of the star -wheel 152, said outward movement being produced by the action of the coil spring 145 described.

In inoperative or unclutching position, the roller 151 of the bell crank is supported in its highest position, upon the end of a tooth of the star wheel and to permit said roller to fall, to throw in'the clutch, the star wheel must be rotated to present a depression`or space between its teeth to receive 'the roller. To produce this rotation, the shaft of said star wheel, which is the cam shaft 153, is provided at its front end (Fig. 2) with a ratchet wheel 154 fast thereon,- which is actuated by a pivoted spring pressed pawl 155 on the end of an arm 156 pivoted on said shaft. This pawl engages the teeth of said ratchet wheel and is maintained in constant engagement therewith by a spring 157 connecting the same with the hub of its supporting arm. Depression of said arm 156 swings thepawl outwardly, to the right Fig. 2, which causes it to rotate the ratchet wheel proportionately to the movement of said arm and turn said star wheel. Said arm is depressedv by a linkV 158 connected with the arm 159 of a rock shaft 160 (Figs. 1 and 2), said shaft for the left machine being journaled in lugs 161 at the bottom of `the left side fra-me and that of the right machine in lugs 162, Fig. 2, depending from the vertical cross plate 150.

The outer rock shaft 160 is rocked to cause actuation of the ratchet and star wheels, as described, by means of a horizontal arm 163, the inner .end of which is connected by a link 164, Fig. 1, to its starting treadle 114, the central'rock shaft 172 being similarly connected byan arm 165 and link 166 with its starting treadle 114.` The pawl carrying arm of the right machine, the left Fig. 2, as here shown, is connected by a link 167 to the horizontal arm of 'a bell crank 168 corresponding to the arm 159 ofthe left machine and pivotally mounted on the central rock shaft 160. This bell crank 168, however, is provided with a depending vertical arm 169 Fig.`2, having the lower end connected by a spring 170 with the right side frame and acting to normally elevate said pawl carrying arm. The arm 158 of the other or 'lett machine, the right, Fig. 2, has a similar, spring 171 connected with the -lug 162 of the cross plate 150 normally to elevate the pawl carrying arm of said machine. By depressing the treadle 114 of either machine, the corresponding rock shafts 160 will be turned to depress the pawl carrying arm and cause rotation of the ratchet through the space of one tooth, thereby presenting a depression tothe roller 151 v of the clutch operating bell crankl149. This permits depression of the horizontal arm of the latter which. swings the vertical arm thereof with its ,roller 148 outwardly to slide the clutch collar 144 intoengagement with thatof the toothed hub ofthe pinion'35 for starting the machine.

To provide suitable meansy for lstopping the machine automatically at a predetermined time, herein at the conclusion of the laying operation and when the jack has been moved forwardly to shoe kremoving position, the ratchet, 154,v is provided with a second pawl 17 3 on the inner end of a spring controlled pin 17 2X arranged to slide in a suitable bearing or recess formed in the side frame 3. The outer-end of this pawl carrying pin is provided with a roller 175 adapted to be engaged by a cam projection 176 on the inner face of the large gear 29. This projection is so placed that it strikes the roller as the jack is moved into its outer position and by its inward movement rotates the ratchet wheel through the space of one tooth Vcorrespondingly to rotate the star wheel to raise the roller 151 of the bell crank clutch from a depression and to elevate it to its highest position, thereby releasing the clutch and stopping the machine.

F or securing the return of the slidable pin 172 to its outer position with its roller in position to be actuated by the cam projection 176, its awl pivotis prolonged to engage a lever 1 7 maintained in engagement therewith by a coil spring 179 connecting said end With the frame and normally acting to swing said end and said pin to the right, Fig. 2. The upper arm of this lever normally lies in the path of the cam projection 176 to be engaged thereby after the clutch releasing movement has been effected, and moved to an outer position for subsequent engagement ofpits pawl carrying pin with said projection. The pin 172 and its cam actuated roll 175 are usually returned to and maintained in outer position by the action of its springs or the controlling spring 1'74 of the pin 172, but the lever 177 always returns the pin to its outer position irrespective of the action of said springs.

For maintaining the star wheels in position normally to elevate the rollers 151 or -for positioning the'teeth of the star wheels predeterminately beneath the said rolls, l provide means for turning or stopping said wheel always .with the teeth in such position. In the present instance, said means comprise for each machine a lever 18() Fig. 2, centrally pivoted at its inner end upon the cross plate 150 and having its outer end connected by a spring 181 to said cross plate, normally acting to elevate the free end of said lever. Adjacent said spring the lever is provided with a roller arranged to enter a depression between the teeth of the star wheel when the roller 151 rests upon the top of a tooth. In any other position of said star wheel, the

y which the lasted spring actuated `rollerv engages? thewinclined face of an adjacent tootli and, by'its action thereinl rotates or turnsthewheel to bring said roller to its intermediate position between said teeth, thereby presenting the top of the upper vertical tooth of said wheel yto the roller 151 to raise the latter to its highest position. By this construction, whatever the movements ofthe stopping mechanisms the star wheels are always maintainedv in predetermined position relativev to their actuating mechanism and accidental displacement from any cause is prevented.

In operation, the operativefirst, by means of the operating n ing mechanism of the jack,.adjusts the jack to the size corresponding to the shoe and lasts to be operated upon and then places a lasted shoe upon the jack. He next depresses the treadle of the machine upon shoehas been mounted to turn the star wheeland start the machine, which causes the shoe to be moved rearwardly to bring it into clamping relation with the .heel gage 107. Immediately thereafter, through the action of the bell crank arm 119 subsequently brought into operative engagement with the roller 120, the jack operating lever 122 is thrown to the right,

Fig. 7, to jack the lasted shoe. Upon starting the machine rotation of the pinion 35 and its cam 36 produces the described hori zontal and vertical movements of the jack slide and hence of the jack and, through the rackv 100, the described oscillations of the form 2. This movement as has been stated, brings the jack beneath the form, produces the dwell to which reference has been made, and raises the jack vertically to bring the shank of the shoe into direct pressure contact with the shank forming or molding portion of the form, which has been turned to present the same in operative relation thereto. The continued' rotation' of the rotary cam and its action upon the cam guided rod roller 40 neXt produces a relative rolling movement between the sole of the jacked shoe and the form, toward the end of the sole and back avain into the approximate initial position of) direct pressure. A second dwell in the horizontal movement then takes place during which the jack is lowered.

During the progressive rolling movement of the form and jack, produced by the simultaneous horizontal movement of the shoe and the oscillatory movement of the form, the jack table is caused to rise and fall by and corresponding to the active face of the cam 28which, as stated, is preferably formed to maintain uniform pressure over the foreart of the sole, substantially equal, it may be, to the direct pressure lirst produced. Just prior to returning to the initial position of direct pressure, a slight dwellA in the horizontal movement of the jack slide lis handle of the size adjust- "starting the machine, gear wheel l29 brings its cam projection 176 Immediately thereafter the jack is pushed farther outward by the continuation "ofits horizontal movement, and projectedf'irl'to what is termed its shoe removmgtor receiving position. During this outward movement, the action of the cam projection 142 on the bell crank 140 and the slidable pin 139 raises the upturnedv end 137 of the bell crank 136 to bring/ it into the path of the depending cam extension 122a of the jacking lever 122, which engages said upturned end and is swung thereby .inwardly in a direction to unjack the shoe. Immediately following this unj acking movement, the pawl carryin arm 125 is brought into-engagement with the stationary stop pin 134 caus- I ing the pawl 127 at the inner end of said arm to swing to the left, Fig. 8, lto produce the relativelongitudinal movement between the jack carriage and the jack slide which places 1 and 7, and in, which the shoe may be con' veniently removed.y As the Said jack"`s'lide moves into Iits outer position, the 'cam pro- 'ection 176 on the inner face 'of the gear wheel 29 strikes the roller 175 carried by the elutch 'releasing pin 172 and slides the latter? linwardly to` cause its pawl 17 3 to rothem in .the vpositions shown in Figs.

tate the ratchet wheel 154 and the star wheel 152 connected therewith. This movement raises the roller 151 of the-bell crank to its highest position and swings the slidable clutch collar 14:4 inward to release the clutch and stop the machine. Upon subsequently the rotation ofthe into engagement with the lever 17.7 to secure the return of the clutch releasing in and its pawl 17 3 to their outer position for subsequent actuation by the cam projection 176.

My inventiony provides among other features, simple and eective mechanism, first, for automatically positioning and jacking 'the shoe by the starting Aof the machine; se'cond, 4for bringingthe lasted shoe into direct pressure contact with a form adapted to mold a predetermined -area` such as the shank thereof and to permit-of a sufticient dwell, under said direct pressure; third, for thereafter laying -an adjacent portion, here shown as the fore part,'of the sole by an oscillatory action; and finally, for returning thei'shoe and form to their initial position of direct pressure, separating the same vertically,` sliding outer shoe removing position and simultaneously with said movement unjacking the shoe to permit of its convenient removal from its supporting members.

the jack into its invention alsoy provides a machine in which many of the operations hitherto per' formed by hand lare. effected automatically,

requiring no other 4labor upon the part of the operative than that of placing a lasted` invention thus economizes the time and energy ot the operative and speeds the ma-r chine, and hence reduces the cost ot manufacture. l l

My invention, obviously, is not limited to the particular' embodiment herein selected l'or purposes of description and illustration only, nor to the specific details of construction andl arrangement, as the same may be modified within wide limits without departing from the spirit and scopevthereof.

I claimp .1. A sole pressing machine, comprising in combination, a shoe support, sole pressing means, and means to operate the sameto produce direct pressure upon one part of the shoe sole and progressive pressure upon another part thereof.

2. A sole pressing machine, comprising in combination, a shoe support, sole pressing means, and means to'operate the same to produce direct pressure upon one part and a pressure progressing alternately in opposite direction upon another part thereof.

3. A sole pressing machine comprising a form, a shoe support, ai'nl means to produce between said -form and support direct and rolling contact pressure for and upon separate portions ot the shoe sole.

4. A sole pressing machine, comprising a form, a shoe support, and means to produce between said form and support, first a direct pressure and then a rolling contact pressure, upon and over se parate portions of the shoe sole. i

y 5. A sole pressing machine, comprising a forml having shank and 'fore part molding faces, a support for arrshoe, and means for operating said form and support to bring the -shank ot' a shoe into direct pi'essu'reeontct with the complemental shank molding face ot the torni tor laying the shank of the shoe sole and' to eti'ect relative rolling contact between said 1torni and support to bring the tore part of said sole into pressure contact -with the fore part molding face of said form.

6. A sole pressing machine, comprising in combination, a form, a last, and means to effect relative horizontal and vertical rnovel ments thereof for bringing them into operative relation one with the other; to cause simultaneous dwell in the horizontal move-v combination, a form, a jack movable into and out of sole pressing contact with said form, and means to move said .jack 'inward and beneath said form; to cause a dwell during said movement, and simultaneously to raisesaid jack into and to maintain one portion of the sole of a shoe therein in direct pressure contact withhsaid form for a predetermined time, and thereafter to eii'ect roll-V ing pressure contact between said form and jack, over a different portion of the sole oi' said shoe.

8. A sole pressing machine, comprising in combination, `a jack, a term, and simultaneously eti'ective stationary and movable cams to eiteet movement of the jack and form toward and from eachother.

9. A sole pressing machine comprising, in

lcombination, a jack, a form, stationary and movable cams, and means actuated and -controlled thereby tor simultaneously operating said jack and said form.

l0. A sole pressing machine comprising,

in combination, a form, a jack, stationary and movable grooved cams and means comprising an actuating rod and a roller stud means actuated and controlled by said cams for imparting horizontal andvertical movements to said. 'ack for effecting pressure contact between tnesame and'said form'.

l1. A sole pressing machine, comprising in combination, a form, a jack, means/comprising stationar and rotary cams,-jthe.lat ter having switc means, for guiding and moving said jack, and means for controlling and operating sald camsrespectively.

l12. In a machine of the ty edescribed, a form, a jack, stationaryfand) means y connected therewith forfvariably moving said jack and saidibrm, and means for controlling and operating said cams respectively. i 13. In/a sole pressingmachine, the combination of a sole pressing form, a movable jack, a stationary cam provided with switch devices, an actuator, and means for moving said actuator in a cam controlled path determined by said switch devices.

-l-t. In a machine of the type described, the combination of a form a jack, a station- .ary cam, a rotary cam, and means controlled by'said cams for intermittently moving said jack with res ect to said form.

l5. In a. machine o the type described, a form a jack for a' shoe, stationary and rotary cams for imparting horizontal movement to the latter vand for causing a dwell in said movement, and means for elevating said jack during said dwell to effect direct pressure contact with said form.

16. In a machine of the type described, a form, a jack provided with means for moving it horizontally and for causing a dwell in such movement, and mechanism compris- :Los 

